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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in San Ignacio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Ignacio and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for San Ignacio:
- 33.304759, -116.518350
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on San Ignacio
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected San Diego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Diego County
- Since San Ignacio is near Riverside County and also Imperial County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Imperial County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for San Ignacio
Communities Also Named San Ignacio ...
We found three communities that are also named San Ignacio.
Within California, the name San Ignacio is unique.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Bernalillo County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of San Ignacio.
- Guadalupe County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of San Ignacio [Guadalupe County].
- San Miguel County
- This San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the San Ignacio that is located in San Diego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of San Ignacio.
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Ignacio ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Desert Lodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Desert Lodge is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lodge
- Eagles Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eagles Nest is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Hellhole Palms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hellhole Palms is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellhole Palms
- Julian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ribbonwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ribbonwood is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribbonwood
- Scissors Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Scissors Crossing is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scissors Crossing
- Whispering Pines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From San Ignacio to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as San Ignacio to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Ignacio and extending to:
- San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from San Ignacio to San Diego, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 457 miles [735.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,218 miles [3,569.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,341 miles [13,423.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about San Ignacio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- San Ignacio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from San Ignacio to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Ignacio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3048, Longitude: -116.5183 In this case, the coordinates for San Ignacio have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.706 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.223 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.632 degrees. |
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